Adam H. Kerman ahk@chinet.com wrote:
>At 1:29pm -0000, 04/23/17, LZadnichek@aol.com wrote:
>>Group - Ninety five years ago this past March 15th, the Q's General Offices
>>at 541-553 West Jackson Blvd. in downtown Chicago, IL, were destroyed in a
>>spectacular fire.
>>http://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=416856&p=2843194
>>This inserted/attached image shows the shell of the burnt-out general
>>office building at far right the morning after the spectacular fire.
>>The following link is the definitive official description of the fire and
>>insured damage that it caused:
>>https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.73626441;view=1up;seq=6
>>Most company records in the 15 story general office building were
>>incinerated. This is one reason why early day Q historical records and
>>photographs are so hard to come by.
>That was very interesting. I was wondering what buildings had been on the
>block (between Clinton and Canal south of Jackson and north of the Met "L"
>right of way) with the multi-story parking deck and brand-new bus terminal.
>So today's 547 W Jackson Blvd building is the same building with extensive
>repairs after the fire?
Confirming what I thought I had recalled, the building is from 1911. The
diagram showed today's building with its unusual footprint.
btw, not everything on the Web is accurate:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/547-W-Jackson-Blvd-Chicago-IL-60661/4244871_zpid/
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Posted by: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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